According to new poll by Gallup, 72% of Americans say "big government is a greater threat to
the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high
in the nearly 50-year history of this question."

A poll by Washington Post-ABC News reports that 72% of those who disapprove of President Obama's job performance, say
that they would vote for the GOP candidate for U.S. House in their district if
the election were held today, while just 14% say they'd vote for the
Democrat.

A new poll by CNN/ORC reports that support for the Affordable Care Act has dropped to a record low: "Only 35% of those questioned in the poll say they support
the health care law, a 5% drop in less than a month. 62% say they
oppose the law, up four points from November."

A new survey by Public Policy Polling reports that New Jersey GOP Governor Chris Christie now leads Hillary Clinton, and all other possible Democratic candidates, in hypothetical match-ups. According to the poll, Christie leads Clinton, 45% to 42%, "because he's viewed favorably
across party lines. He's at 48/26 with Republicans, 46/28 with
independents, and 38/36 with Democrats."

A new poll by the USA Today/Pew Research reports that just 45% of 18- to 29-year-old Americans approve of the way
President Obama is handling his job; 46% disapprove. The survey notes that "the president's approval rating with young Americans -- which stood at
67% just ahead of his second inauguration less than a year ago -- now
mirrors the general population."

A poll out from the Des Moines Register reports that Rep. Paul Ryan "is wildly popular here with a 73%
favorable rating, a surprise finding that reveals he's at the
forefront of potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates in the nation's
kickoff voting state." The Democratic horse race shows an even clearer favorite in a state that registers its preferences in the party nominating process earlier than any other: Ryans' popularity "isn't as striking as the overwhelming affinity
Iowa Democrats have for Hillary Clinton, with 89% saying they have a
positive opinion of her. Just 7% of voting-age Democrats have a negative
impression the former U.S. secretary of state and U.S. senator from New
York."

A new Field Poll reports that California Gov. Jerry Brown's approval rating "has surged to a new high, and he is the overwhelming early favorite to win re-election next year." 58% approve of the governor's job performance. He leads his closest Republican challengers--former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado (and Assemblyman Tim Donnelly--by more than 40 points.

Despite signs that aspects of the economy may be improving, a New York Times poll reports that "37% of those surveyed approve of Obama's handling of the economy; 58% disapprove. These numbers are indistinguishable from the results of a CBS News poll taken last month, although better-than-expected unemployment numbers and other positive economic data were released last week."

According to a newQuinnipiac poll, President Obama's job approval among American voters has dropped to a new low, a negative 38% to 57%. But a new poll by Pew Research reports a different outcome, with the President's approval rising slightly to 45% to 49%, reversing a six-month slide.

According to a new survey by Gallup, the vast majority of Americans, 69%, say the health care law, "so far, has not had an effect on them and their family, similar to what Gallup measured more than a year ago. More Americans say the law has hurt (19%) rather than helped (9%) their family, a slightly larger gap than was found last year."

According to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, only 6% Americans approve of the job the US Congress is doing, but are evenly split in their opinion of the so-called “nuclear option,” which effectively ended the rule that allowed filibusters on Presidential
nominations, after Republicans used the threat of a filibuster to block
multiple nominations: 36% approve of changing the number of votes required to break filibusters to 51, so bills could pass by a simple majority; 37%
disapprove.

According to a new survey by Gallup, "20% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States, a partial recovery from 16% in October during the government shutdown. The current reading is still one of the lowest Gallup has measured in the last two years."